AS ; CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 19, 1900
Lively aeneee :

.and Ottawa about what will and will |
: not be reported and sometimes wrong
decisions are made."

Referring to remarks about Hy-
dro’s exemption from paying taxes,
Kristiansen quipped perhaps there
should be “no inundation without tax-
ation.”

Vanderpol, a teacher at Stanley
Humphries Secondary Schoo) in Castle-
gar, said he is “prepared to fight” to
prevent Hydro from undertaking “any

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new projects” until itis required to pay ©
local taxes.

Vita Storey, a board member of
the Nelson Women's Centre and
former co-ordinator of Selkirk College's
women's outreach program, had con-
cerns about the process of patriating
the Constitution,

Several representatives gala they
felt Prime Minister. Trudeau. is :trying
to manipulate Canadians with the Con-
stitution , issue, thereby drawing at
tention. from more - vital issues -

prices.

Kristiansen said concerns about
the Constitution should be brought.up
at a later meeting of the advisory
council when sufficient time could be
allocated to such'an important apie.

She was concerned about inclusion
of equal opportunities for, and rights
of, women in a new Constitution.

which allowed Creston to expand its
boundaries to include Alice Siding.

The 800 voters in Alice Siding
were lumped together. with Creston’s
2,000 although different colored ballots
were used,

Despite a 89-51 negative vote
Alice Siding was outweighted when the
minister used the over-all count.

RDCK directors approved the
motion which said: “This is Canada, not
Russia gobbling up, Poland.” They ~
asked that the Alice Siding vote be
respected and there be no boundary ~
expansion at this time.

Area J Director Martin Vanderpol

- said the refuse site and boundary
expansion issues are basically the same
problem.

“It’s an issue ‘that has been before
the board in the past as well,”
Vanserral.

Director Audrey Moore said the
safeguards are in the act but directors
must be made aware of, their options.

By ANGELIKA YOUNG

Can larger centres determine the
fate of small communities in B.C.?

Is the Municipal Act democratic?

Is Canada a democracy?

These are questions being kicked
around at recent meetings of the Re-
gional District of Central Kootenay.

Discussion at the Nov. 8 meeting
was sparked by a presentation by 24
Barrett Creek residents.

Spokesman for the group, Dennis
Herman, a planner for the provincial
government, said the planned placing
of a dump of the Barrett Creek site to
serve Areas BE, F,'and G and Nelson
and Salmo is in direct opposition to the
democratically-expressed desire of the
people in the area.

Herman said a referendum asking
voters if they wanted to participate in
the creation of a “super refuse site” for

* the three areas and two
found favor only in Nelson.

The votes in favor were: Area E 29
per cent; Area F 47 per cent; Area G
18.8 per cent; Salmo 30,9 per cent; and
Nelson 75 per cent, he said.

An over-all count was used and the
referendum passed:

In their previous meeting, Oct. 25,
directors resolved to formally protest
to the Minister of Municipal Affairs the
use of an over-all count in a referendum

uppermost ‘is that people know the
- consequences of the decisions they are
making.”

Area E Director William Forsyth
said any policy made by RDCK would
still be overruled. He said it is in the,
nature of government process in our .
country that the ministry could over-
rule any vote at any time.

Vanderpol disagreed: “I say the |
Municipal Act says votes. must be
bilateral. I maintain that an over-all
referendum is an attempt to railroad.

“God damn it, let's not roll over
and play the welcome mat for them.”

Nelson/Creston MLA Lorne Nic-
olson who was attending the meeting
Nov. 8 said, “This type.of vote, where a
larger area kind’ of swallows up the
smaller area... is one that is not .
unique in any political philosophy. -

_ “Sometimes I think it might be a
bit more forthright to do it outright:

“Sometimes reasonable govern-
ments are doing things that are not

_ popular but are correct.” -

Nicolsoi said it is necessary for
governments to lump groups together
to be able to provide essential services.

d the RDCK ‘board °
A | establish a policy that the con-
sent of rural directors to referendums
be given only on the premise that most
ballots be separate and over-all.cc
would be permitted only in special
circumstances,

“In that way, I think, we will
maybe in. the future avoid some of
these_horrifying situations,

“What I'm concerned about is that
people lose their democratic rights.”

Power seeks rate hike
- Prior ie granting the ‘requested

Kootenay

West Kootenay Power has made
application to the British Columbia

rates would increase the average
residential customer's bill approxi-

“The thing that seems to be . .

7 Police Briets

A ‘total of 11 liquor
seizures were made over the
weekend resulting in two

* charges of minors in posses-

sion of liquor and two drivers
charged with impaired driv-
ing.

* . Aad
Two single vehicle accel.

control, hit the ‘shoulder of
the road-then struck! ce-
ment embankment, No. in-
juries were. reported. Dam-'
age was estimated at $2,500,

+ In the second accident
$3,000 damage: occurred
when .a vehicle driven by
Stephen Rule of Thrums left

d Road near Jchn-,

dents

One..on Highway No. 8

approximately three miles‘

West of Castlegar when a
vehicle ‘driven by Tina Mau-
nev of Vancouver went out of

Not taking
empty beer

bottles

Don’t bother taking your
empty beer bottles back to
the liquor store in Castlegar
for refunds.

They're not accepting |

empties because of the con-
struction and , renovations
: that are going on.

You'll have to take your
empties to Labatt’s or Sky-
_ way Distributors where
you'll get-60 cents a dozen.

The liquor store freeze
will be in effect until about
February.

FASHION BOoTs

Ladies’, in leather.
Trico! lined for winter.,

* Ladies’, in Urethane.
15" and 16"

Trlcot lined. $3600
Hilts

FASHION BOOTS.

in3/4heighis.
Tricot lined,
in Urethane

‘LOW STYLES

In lace up,
acryliclined *

mately $3.25 to $21.50 per month in expected to hold public heari in
1981, based on a consumption of 1,000 West Kootenay Power's service area.
KWH. He added that even with this BA
increase, “the company's rates still’ Drennan said copies of the appli-
‘compare most favorably with other cation are available for review at all’ of
Canadian utilities.” . the company’s offices. Detailed Tate
_The same ™~1,000 KWH costs a schedules will-be available by the end
$86.63 in Van- of November, and company staff will
couver, $31.80 in Calgary, and $31.67 in discuss the effect the increase will have
Regina. on individual customer's bills.

Home sinks — man sues

KAMLOOPS (CP) —

Utilities Commission for permission to
revise its rate schedules. It is proposed
that the amended rates would be
implemented early in 1981.

Company president J.A. Drennan
said in a press release that an increase
in‘ rates is essentia} to offset increased
costs and to “ensure inued reliable
service for our customers.”

Drennan said that ‘the revised

order construction continued, sible. Nielsen was- awarded .

EREMENKO'S

H
e
EE _. FI-rite wine De

7 failing to ‘obey, a stop ign

ny's' Grocery and struck a
fence. Rule received a head
injury. No charges have been
: . * * iad
A Vancouver man, Ralph
Belsih, was charged with

50)

Coming Soon.
to Selkirk College”

|. For more information on Continuing
Education Cou! at Selkirk Col
Castlegar; phone 365

32,

EVENING SWITCHBOA!

Effective now, the College switchboard will be open
until 9:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, The College number
18.365. 7292. :

PRINTMAKI
he Puetmotile, This mobile printmoking orkahap:
joused in a be Aral te will be in Castlegar between

hicle ‘ col-
lision Friday at the Junction
of Broadwater Road and Pass
Creek. The driver of the sec-
ond vehicle has been iden-
tified as Joseph’ Gillis of
Castlegar.:

Lifts air.
embargo.

The air mail service em-
bargo to Iran and Iraq’ has
been lifted, Canada Post: an- °
nounced’ Friday. i

Normal air and surface
nail despatches to the two
countries will- resume im-
mediately. z

7 beside the National”
Seen

Exhibition Centre. Savion Es
be

np  cikshop In Etching ‘Gataiie) — Monday

through Thursday, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m., December 1 %

4, Open Si Studie tne jon eed, nd Thursday after.
noons from 1:00 - p.m., December 2 10 4.

£ $30,00, Limited ‘e. "8 Mtudents. No previous on

5 perience required. Enroll by November 21,

Weekend Workshop in Etching {intaglia) ed mahal
evening, December. 5 from 7:00 -
Saturday,’ December 6 from 9:00 a.m. fy “i 00
and Sunday; December 7 from {9:00 am. fo ‘4:
B m. Open Studio ‘on Saturday evening, December.
é: imited to 6 students; tio revious
™ rience pee The "Prinimobile in Residen-
is 0 project of the ‘Emily Carr College of Art’
outreach frosrom: Realsiroion required Sad
‘November 2)

ADULT LEARNING CENTRE: ‘ U
Need English language instruction? Want to improve
your sills In reading, writing, ‘spelling, math,’ or
neral sclence? Drop in to the Adult t Learning Centre’
‘at 421 - Toth Avenue (the Portuguese Hall) Mondoys
through Thursdays for a chat with the instructors —
Marvin Work & Judy Cameron, Or phone: 365-8003.

BASIC BOOKKEEPING:
This course -is designed for the “small busine:
ator, for bookkeepars, or for people wishing to
enter the bookkeeping occupation, A new course ar
in January, Register before January 7.
begins January 14, 1981. 24 sessions. odor ‘and
Wednesdays, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Fee: $40. 00. plus text,
books and workbooks,

LAW AND THE HANDICAPPED:

management ot the affairs of ihe mentally ihandica =
oes atk

thie

by No This Course: is
Free. € te ponsored by ‘ne Peopieel tow School, Van-
couver,

TAX AESTATE PLANNING:

Mojor topics include tax ‘alanning for employment In-
come; new rules for personal service corporations; an
update on tax shelters, how to maximize investment
yields and the: income tox, ‘confequences of death, -
Fee: minor leadef: Henry John, C.A. Date:
January 10. ‘Registration required by January 7, 1981.

Ever have the sinking feeling
that the ground is disap-
pearing from beneath your
feet?

Jan Nielsen of Kamloops

- has had it for two years —
‘but the ground is disappear-
ing beneath his house, not his
-feet.

For the last two years
-Nielsen has watched the
ground disappear as much as
three-and-half metres _be-
neath some sections of his
home.

-Nielsen’s problems be-
gan when his water pipes
froze in 1978, a year after he
bought the six-year-old
three-bedroom, two-storey
house.

When his pipes thawed,
he began snooping around
the structure of his house and
found that during construc-
tion the city had issued a
stop-work order.

“During construction the
city issued a stop-work order
when inspectors found that
the footings had not been
placed on firm ground,” Niel-
sen, the manager of the

Kamloops Insurance Corp. of |

B.C. office, said.

“It turns, out the house
was built on about 10 feet of
fill and despite the stop-work

the city took no action and

later even approved the -

plumbing and electrical in-
spections.” *
After discovering the

.construction history, Nielsen

complained to city hall, but
says. he received no .sym-
pathy.

WENT TO COURT

So, Nielsen took the city
to court where Kamloops was
found to be 25 per cent at
fault and the previous owner,
former alderman Wes
Hughes, 75 per cent respon-

$52,285.68, including costs.

But the city appealed the
case in August.

Nielsen felt he couldn't
wait any longer: “I was afraid
the house. might collapse in
the middle.”

So his lawyer decided to
garnishee the city’s bank ac-
count. Rather than have its.
assets frozen, the
coughed up the money Fri-
day on the condition that
should Kamloops win the
appeal, Nielsen’s bank must”:

_pay the city back.

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Women’: 5. ri

ights:_

‘discussed. at symposium

LA "g mposium jon Hu
man Rights". will be held ‘at
the Naramata’ Centre for
Continuing Education, Nard-

mata, B,C. Nov. 28, 29 and 90. .

The symposium is spon-
sored by the Okanagan Wo-
men’s Coalition, B.C, Human
Rights Commission, B.C, Hu-
man Rights’ Branch, Secre-

-tary of State and other agen-

cies. | .
Guest speakers will in-
elude Nola Landucci, director
» B.C. Human Rights Branch,
on human rights issues, and
Dr. John P. ‘Herzog, de-
partment of ecdnomics and
business administration, Si-
mon Fraser “University, on

Sum will include workshops on

the rights of women, rights of
the ~ handicapped, cultural
rights, ‘rights of low income
people and age group rights.

Registration for the
symposium is $5. Meals and
accomodation for the three
days will cost $86. Subsidies

+ are available. Meal: tickets

can be purchased separately.
. For’:more information

> call: Peter ‘Threffall, Human

Rights’ Branch, ' Kamloops,
874-7165; . Alicia Lawrence,
Okanagan ‘Women’s .. Coali-
tion, Vernon, 542-4525; Peg-

gy ‘Taylor, South Okanagan

Givil Liberties Soélety, Pen- 3%

ticton, 498-0210;. or Norma

The three-day symposi-
if ast ;

Human Rights

Branch, Cranbrook, 489-4761. '

NOLA LANDUCCI
+ «. guest speaker

Canadian feature film industry.

No instant stars

‘TORONTO (CP) —
While the Canadian feature

film industry seems to have.

boomed almost overnight,
thé home-grown stars who:
‘work in it from time could Hot
be accused of the same sort
instant success, 4
William Shatner, Chris.

topher Plummer and Lidyd a ‘that things have happened at

Bochner all began their ap-
prehticeships on a tent stage
at Stratford back in the
1950s. : : ae
Donald Sutherland, Gen-
evieve Bujold, Leslie Nielsen
and Margot Kidder put in
years of journeyman struggle
here and: in the United
States before making ie as
“movie stars.”
They've paid their. dacs:
~ Even such relative new-

comers as Kerrie Keane, the -

female lead in Incubus, 4
John Cassavetes-John Ire-
land horror’ film now being
wrapped up in Toronto, has a
background that belies her
statis'as an ingenue.

It may be her first
feature film, but in a way

she's been preparing fort ts.

role for years.
‘+ BEEN ONTV
Keane, 32, a stunning
five-foot-six brunette with a

smile that’s every orthodon-

ist’s fantasy, is known for
two roles: As co-host, along
with«Joseph Campanella, of
the syndicated. science pro-
gtam What Will They Think
of Next? or host of the Pro-
vincial Lottery Show,

But her background also
includes voice-over, work, on
radio and television, appear-
ances in TV commercials,

acting classes“with Eli Rill

and Roger Stevens in Tér-
onto and two years of study
at the Lee Strasberg Insti-

. tute in Los Angeles.

She has performed on
stage at Citadel. Theatre in
Edmonton, at the Charlotte-

~“SiexSyais Gelobrated -this-amorning’

town Festival in a Gordon
Pinsent. production of The
Rowdyman,. ‘and in By
George! at Toronto's Royal.
Alexandra.

. * Ah overnight’ success
she isn't.

* “I'm not at all afraid of
the cameras. I've always felt

the right time for me: There's

“never been a feeling that I

was in over my head, or any-

- *. sense of panic.”

‘TWAS READY"

So when Incubus came
along, “I felt I was ready,
that this was my-movie.”

Keane said she and the
other cast members have

been sworn to secrecy aba .

the plot. “But I play a char-
acter named Laura Kinoaid, a
newspaperwoman who
moved toa small town just as
rapes.and murders begin to
happen.”

Why is Incubus her
move?

One reason’ is "John
Hough, the movie's director;
who has helped her: make the
transition to film.

“It's very luxurious to
have the time a movie pro-

’ vides, and to have a director

who can ease you into the
scehe, John also takes the
time to teach you.as you go
along; so does John Cassa-
-vetles, ina very subtle way.”

Eugene Goffinet
service today

Prayers were recited

‘ yesterday evening at the

Castlegar -Funeral . Chapel
- upd Mass of Christian Burial:

at St. Rita's Catholic Church
for Castlegar ‘resident Eu-
gene Goflinet, age 74, who
died Monday.~

Born. in Rossignol, Bel-

“gium on July 29, 1906, Mr.

Géffinet came to Canada in
1912, settling in Saskatche-

wan. He'married Lena Mad-

rigga in June of 1934 at The
Pas, Man.,. where he was

-working’in the mine and in
‘ heavy construction.

In 1942 the family moved

to “Grand “Forks; to New
Dever’ in 1964 and. to
Castlegar in 1971...
“” “Mr. Goffinet was a mem-
ber of the Castlegar ‘Senior
Citizens’ Association and the
curling club.

He is survived by two
sons, Philip of Prince George

the

and Robert of Kitimat; three
daughters, Mrs. Robert (Lor-
raine) Eilard of Edson, Alta.,
Mrs. Diatat (Judy) | Behlaike

“of: Prince:-George and: Mrs,

Bob_ (Ardis} Lawretice -of
Pemberton, B.C.; 15 grand-
children; \one sister, Mrs.
Noami Hinque of Harbor
City, Calif; two brothers,
Joseph of Pontiex, Sask. and
Philip of Ft. Que'pple, Sask.

Mr. Goffinet was pre-
deceased by his wife Lena,
his parents, one daughter,
two brothers and one sister.

Rev. Fr. Michael Guig-
nan officiated and interment
was in New Denver Cem-
etery.‘Funeral arrangements
were under. ‘the direction of
Castlegar * Funeral
Chapel

"should friends. desire,

contributions may be made to

the Cancer Fund, Box 8292,
Castlegar, B.C.

» Peoples Temple
faces 765 suits

By CARLBLACKMAN
JONESTOWN, . GUY:
ANA (AP) -- Two years after
‘the .Peoplos Temple mas-
sacre; Jonestown is a ghost
town, with a dozen’ guards

» and workers keeping out the
‘ curious and the jungle veue:

tation.

The area around the
main pavilion where Rev.
Jim Jones exhorted more
‘than 900 of his followers to

rink poisoned punch. and -
"die with dignity” on Nov. 18,
1978, shows no trace of the
913 suicides and murders. °

Survivors said some of
the members of the'cult were -
forced to drink the death
potion but most of them. did

«so: willingly.

Only two people have
been charged’ in Guyana in
connection.with the tragedy.

Charles Beikman, a 44-
year-old cook and shoemaker.
at. the commune, was sen-

* tenced jn April to five years

for the attempted: murder of

TRANSIT APPROVED:
VANCOUVER (CP} —

Construction of, light rapid |

transit in the Vancouver area
moved a step closer Friday
when the Urban Transit
Authority endorsed an auto-
mated light rapid transit
system that was examined in.
Kingston, Ont., last month by.
area officials, Authority cha-
irman and Vancouver Mayor’
Jack Volrich said the provin-
cial. government has been.
waiting for the UTA decision
and he now expects cabinet
will quickly make a decision
whether to proceed with
rapid transit in-the Vancou-
ver area.

MAKES PEELING EASIER.
Add salt to the water

used for boiling eggs and the

shells will peel easily.”

A world

‘By BRYAN BRUMLEY
TOKYO (AP): — In
Japan, where unemployment

hovers below two per cent,

hobos and tramps are a rare
sight. But they can be found
wandering through rush-
hour crowds of well-groomed
commuters and living clus-
tered in a rundown section of
Tokyo known as Sanya.
They sleep in flophouses,
streets and subway  en-

trances, divorced from the _.

surrounding glitter and
gleam of Japan's post-war
economic boom.

“The Japanese people

, despise tramps,” says Koichi

Hayashi, a former bank man-
ager who has lived in Sanya

_ since: he: lost his job after

making a bad Idan in 1961.

a nine: year-old girl at the
cult's Georgotown headquar-
ters on the night of the mas-
sacre,

" Another member of the

‘temple, Larry Layton, 88, is -'

being held on murder. charg-
es for the slaying of U.S!
Ropresentatiye Leo Ryan,
three reporters and a Peo-

* ples Temple defector at-an

_ airstrip a few hours before
the massacre, but he may. be
released scon because’ wit-
nesses against hini have re-
fused to return from ‘the
United States to testify.

Layton was acquitted
last May of the attempted
murder of two other defec-
tors, Vern Gosney and Mon-
ica ‘Bagby. But if he returns
to the United States, he could.
fact federal charges of con- :
spiracy to kill the California .
congressman and the four
others who died’ with him.

SEEKS EVIDENCE

They were killed after a
visit to Jonestown to inves-.
tigate charges that Jones

, was keeping members of the.

cult at the settlement against
their will, Jones is reported
to have ordered them mur:;
dered because he. was con-
vinced Ryan intended to des-
troy Jonestown,«<

‘When Jones learned’ that
some of the people with Ryan
had escaped, he ordered his

followers to commit “revolu- , |

tidnary suicide.”
He was found shot to
death, but it has not’ been

established whether: he was.

murdered or took his:.own
life. “ Osea yty
A total of 765 suits
seeking about $1.8 billion in.
damages .-have been filed
against the Peoples Temple..

sacre,

“ramps are aogregated 5
into certain areas of major
Japanese cities,” says Haya-
shi, who has spent the last 29
years writing about them. ©

- “Despite their best in--
tentions to find normal jobs,
they are prevented from
doing so by society. For ex-
ample, it is impossible for .
anyone with a criminal rec-
ord to get a job.”

Japanese who serve
‘prison terms bear a lifelong
stigma that is officially en-
dorsed by government identi-
fication papers.

SOME SHUN SECURITY

In Japan, a job for the
average male means lifetime
employment with one com-
pany, which may also provide

HELPING - HAND is ‘again being offéred
Most of the suits. charge by the Castlegar Air Cadets and Scouts
wrongful death and have (during this evening’
been filed by relatives of sored by the Women's Auxiliary to the
.persons who died in the mas- ., Sestlegar: and District: ‘Hospital.

Nut Drive spon-

Doug Forr

Here

John king greets, left to. right, tpl. lee
Peterman, Scout Ryan Wilson and Sgt.

Items are available for $2.

Please turn.an outside light. on for the
boys if you have not already done so.
* = CostewsFotd by Lots

- Tokyo Ton mps

health ' care and eutrate

‘housing.

But.some prefer the Tig-
orous life of an outcast to the

‘highly-ordered world of the

Japanese office and factory.
* “Tadmit my life is a little
unusual,” says Hiroshi Mis-
aki, 45, who- lives in two
wooden crates stacked. to-
gether alongside.a subway
exit in Shinguku, a jumble of
high-rise stores teeming with
and fashi

“with the people at his ‘ast. job
14 years ago in his brother's
butcher store.

“Now I livea solitary life
and enjoy it.”

. The flophouses of Sanya
empty shortly after dawn as
the tramps file down to

Nikko Kaido Tori, the area’s '

main street, seeking a day’s
employment from the petty
racketeers who operate.
there. A smaller number go

cious shoppers.

“I would like to find a
stable job that would give me
a little more than I have,”

says Misaki, gesturing at his”
erates and the folding beach -

ehairs that he pulls out for
visitors. But then he recalls
that he could not get along

“

HAPPINESS IS... . having brand new calculators. These
Grade 2 Valley Vista students") who are presently lear-

are, Alison Lowcay, Derek Onen, Meagan O'Connor,
Kathy’ (Bate and Kevan Rilcof. The gifts were made

ning abou:

Tuesday 10 be used by the ‘class asa whole. Left to right

by the Parents’ Group which puts on a hot dog

sale once a month for the Grade 1 and 2 students of

to the g job centre
around the corner.

PAY KICKBACKS

“As for obtaining jobs, of
course they can'ask the gov-
erhment job centre to find
something for them,” says
Hayashi.-“But the gangsters
offer jobs with much higher
salaries. A large‘ chunk of
that, however, must be re-
turned in the form of a kick-
back, and the tramps actually
end up with less money than
if they had taken a regular
job.”

The’ pervasive Japanese

_ underworld has moved into a

void left by -the lack of
government -welfare  ser-
vices. :

Virtually every Japan-
ese is covered by govern-
ment or private comprehen-

to themselves in Sanya

sive Health insurance, but
Japan's job and welfare pro-
grams are proportionately
much smaller than those of
most Western countries. .
The tramps who gather
outside the gang offices don't

‘appear. especially concerned

about working from day to
day. Dressed in khaki work
pants, light shirts and cloth
and rubber jikitabi shoes,
they linger after the last jobs
are gone, squatting on the
pavement and sharing bot-
tles of sake or beer.
Health among the
tramps is poor, with tuber-
culosis and alcoholism fre-
quent. “Last year, about 20°
tramps dies in the streets,”

‘says Hayashi. “None was

identified.”

Violent crime is much
more frequent in Sanya than
in the rest of Japan, where
murder, rape and assault are
rare.

There is. no litter in
Sanya. Tidy vending mach-
ines dispense whisky or beer.
The stoop of each boarding
house is lined with potted
miniature bonsai plants, and
inside each foyer are rows of.
shoes carefully removed by
the tramps before they enter.

New program aids

emotional health

" announces the opening ofa

new chapter in Castlegar. It
will start with an open meet-

- ing on ‘Tuesday at 8 p.m. at

iy is
a spiritual program — not a

religious program — and is _

helpful to people of all faiths
or of no recognized faith.

* the C. Bu-

Valley Vista. Mrs. Marlane King expressed her and the

children's appreciation to the Parents’

especially to Mrs. Karen Hughes, Mrs. Joanne Bentley,

Mrs, Daun Bate and Joanne Scott.

Group, -

reau, 1215 3rd St.

Each week - thereafter
regilar meetings will be held
at the same timé “and lo-
cation. Everyone is invited to
attend,

Emotions ‘Anonysious
does for the person seéking
emotional health what Alco-
holics Anonymous does for
the alcoholic. EA follows the
12-Step Program of Alcohol-

. ies Anonymous, adapted by

their permission for persons
with emotional’ (or living)
problems.

‘There are no dues or
fees forEA b A

share their experi-
ence, strength and hope with
each other while ‘practicing
the 12 Steps to this New Way
of Life one day at a time,

. If you have gone the .

whole route of other methods
of treatment and have not
achieved inner peace and
serenity, if your life is “like a
shoe.that pinches”, if you are
not as happy as you. would
like to be or if your emotions:
interfere with or curtail your’
daily activities and your
wholesome relationships
with others, you are invited:
to discover as others have,
that the EA fellowship of
weekly is warm and”

is a non-profit fellowship,
supported entirely by the
voluntary contributions of its

friendly and that it is also
important in achieving and
maintaining emotional
health. x